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London-based designer Brodie Neill has used over three kilometres of reclaimed timber to create ReCoil, an oval dining table.

“Its sudden cessation of work after receiving our letter indicating we would take court action indicates that their own legal advice concurs with ours,” he said. “The arrogance of this company proceeding as it has is monumental.” The company rejected the suggestion it had acted unlawfully, or that its works at the proposed tailings dam site affected old-growth forest. It said it had been limited to trackwork. It had been forced to “pause” its operation while it dealt with what it described as “unwarranted legal threats”. “Our current approvals cov...

Rosebery mine: Protests in Australia over MMG waste storage plan © Provided by Al Jazeera Chinese-owned MMG wants to build a new Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) at the Rosebery mine in Tasmania [Courtesy of Bob Brown Foundation] Rosebery, Australia – On June 17, Anthony Houston was arrested after attempting to block all industrial traffic into an area of rainforest on the island of Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state. The local businessman and farmer had set up a chair in the middle of an entrance road to protest against a proposed mining operation that would result in the cleari...

Rosebery Mine: Australian protests over MMG waste storage plan Environmental News Rosebery, Australia – On June 17, Anthony Houston was arrested after trying to block all industrial traffic on the island of Tasmania, in the southern Australian state of the rainforest. A local businessman and farmer put up a chair in the middle of an entrance path to protest the clearing of a large part of a 439,000-acre (1,085,000-acre) old forest tree. , Known as Tarkine or Takanya. Tarkine, remote and sparsely populated, is home to many endangered species and has rugged coastal heaths, grassy forests and ...

Rosebery, Australia – On June 17, Anthony Houston was arrested after attempting to block all industrial traffic into an area of rainforest on the island of Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state. The local businessman and farmer had set up a chair in the middle of an entrance road to protest against a proposed mining operation that would result in the clearing of a vast section of old-growth trees in the 439,000-hectare (1,085,000-acre) rainforest, known as the Tarkine or the Takanya. Remote and sparsely populated, the Tarkine is a diverse landscape of rugged coastal heathland, grassy ...